Joseph Leland Fletcher

How they died

Deadly force

Okaloosa County Sheriff's Deputies were serving Joseph Fletcher, 35, with a felony warrant on charges of grand theft of a motor other, possession of a controlled substance, and fleeing and eluding. When they got to his home, his girlfriend answered the door and told them that Fletcher was hiding in a closet. When they found Fletcher, at first it seemed he was going to comply, but he lashed out at officers. One of them used a Taser on Fletcher to get him under control, but it didn't work, and a struggle followed. Fletcher went for one of the deputy's guns, got a hold of it, and another deputy shot and killed him.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Joseph Leland Fletcher, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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